Thom Dibdin

1 week ago | alledinburghtheatre.com | Thom Dibdin

What’s on Edinburgh’s Stages this week? This Easter Week sees one of Edinburgh’s biggest community productions return for the Easter Play on Saturday, the final week of Wild Rose and a whip-cracking Calamity Jane. The big show in town is the Watermill Theatre’s whip-cracking Calamity Jane, (Tue – Sat: tickets), first seen in 2014 and now out on a 34 date tour before hitting the West End. Carrie Hope Fletcher takes the title role as the biggest mouth in Dakota territory and always up for a fight.

1 week ago | alledinburghtheatre.com | Thom Dibdin

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Lung Ha Theatre Company, All Edinburgh Theatre has been delighted to collaborate with the award-winning professional company for actors and theatre makers who are autistic or learning-disabled. Lung Ha have marked the occasion by commissioning a series of portraits of every member of its 24-strong ensemble from Edinburgh-based photographer Peter Dibdin. Æ has published the individual portraits over the year of celebrations (see our News story: Lung Ha hit 40).

1 week ago | alledinburghtheatre.com | Thom Dibdin

★★★★☆      IntimatePianodrome: Thurs 10 – Sun 13 April 2025Review by Thom DibdinEdinburgh-based Strawmoddie theatre company bring Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus to the Pianodrome in a powerful examination of the jealousy of mediocrity in the face of genius. Played out in the Pianodrome’s tiny, 75-seat circular wooden amphitheatre, there is a real intimacy to director Matthew Jeffery’s production.

2 weeks ago | alledinburghtheatre.com | Thom Dibdin

What’s on Edinburgh’s pages this week? It’s another big week of musicals from Edinburgh’s amateur and professional theatre communities with a spot of dance from the boundary-pushing Mr Bourne. First up there are several small productions of new work, often script-in-hand developmental stuff, which look to be absolute belters. If you want to see tomorrow’s theatre today, these are the places to be. On to the big shows where there are Two top tips.

3 weeks ago | alledinburghtheatre.com | Thom Dibdin

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Lung Ha Theatre Company, All Edinburgh Theatre is delighted to collaborate with the award-winning professional company for actors and theatre makers who are autistic or learning-disabled. Lung Ha have marked the occasion by commissioning a series of portraits of every member of its 24-strong ensemble from Edinburgh-based photographer Peter Dibdin. Æ has published the individual portraits over the year of celebrations (see our News story: Lung Ha hit 40).